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United Methodist Family Services has won the inaugural Carol S. Fox "Making Kids Count" award from Voices for Virginia's Children. The award is named after Carol Fox, a Voices founder, long-time board member and tireless advocate for children. The award is given in recognition of exemplary efforts to better the lives of Virginia's children. Winners will be honored at an evening reception on Oct. 23 at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.
Lindsey Floyd, of Richmond, has joined Rappaport Retail Brokerage as a leasing and brokerage representative specializing in the Richmond retail real estate market. Formerly with Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, Floyd's tenant representation clients currently include Jimmy John's, Verizon, Smoothie King and The Little Gym. She also handles landlord representation, pre-development leasing and land sales.
Sonic Drive-In has launched Limeades for Learning, a five-week program that puts Sonic donation dollars in the hands of voters to support public schools. Sonic has partnered with DonorsChoose.org and the program allows the public to vote online at http://www.limeadesforlearning.com for their favorite public school classroom projects and direct more than a half million dollars in Sonic donations. Anyone with a valid email address can vote online once per day. In addition, customers can visit their local Sonic and receive two extra votes via special bag stickers with any purchase.
Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has announced the sale of 1600 Willow Lawn Dr. in Henrico. FM1 LLC purchased the approximately 5,000 square foot office property from Feed More, Inc. for $550,000 as an investment. John G. Myers, Jr. of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer handled the sale negotiations on behalf of the seller.
Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has announced the sale of an office condominium located within Springfield Professional Center at 4424 Springfield Rd. in Henrico. Seltzer Realty LLC purchased the approximately 1,900 square foot condo from Stuart Kirkland for $237,000 and will operate their business, Groundforce IT, at this location. Mac Wilson of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer handled the sale negotiations on behalf of the seller.
Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has announced the sale of the former Friendly's restaurant property located at 10601 Patterson Ave. in Henrico. SDC I Patterson LLC, an affiliate of Morgan Property Group based in Charlotte, NC, purchased the approximately 3,573 square foot building from O ICE LLC for $1,125,000 as an investment. Bruce Bigger of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer handled the sale negotiations on behalf of the seller.
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The Varina Ruritan Club hosted the winners of its 2014 Environmental Essay contest at its monthly meeting March 11 in Varina.
The contest, in its eighth year, was for the first time open to students in grades 3-5 at Varina Elementary School. (It previously was open to Sandston Elementary School students.)
The meeting included the winners, parents of the winners, Varina Elementary principal Mark Tyler and several teachers who were in charge of the contest at the school. > Read more.
Baseball game to benefit Glen Allen Buddy Ball
For the fifth consecutive year, St. Christopher's and Benedictine will play a varsity baseball game at Glen Allen's RF&P Park as part of a fundraising effort for the River City Buddy Ball program.
The game will take place Saturday, April 12, at 7 p.m., and the teams hope to raise $3,000 through donations, raffles and other efforts. Admission to the game is free, but fans who attend are asked to donate funds for the Glen Allen Youth Athletic Association's Buddy Ball program, which enables disabled children and teens to play baseball. > Read more.
Highland Springs field to be dedicated in honor of longtime coach Spears
The Henrico Division of Recreation and Parks will dedicate the Highland Springs Little League Majors Field in memory and honor of Rev. Robert "Bob" L. Spears, Jr., on April 12 with a ceremony at the field at 8 a.m.
Spears served the league as a coach and volunteer for 30 years and was praised as a pioneer for equality. His "Finish strong" motto embodied ethical perseverance on the field and in life. > Read more.
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Do the Bunny Hop over to Meadow Farm on Saturday for an introduction to all the farm animals there! An introduction to "Global Sounds" – featuring Japanese, Indonesian, West African, Indian, and Brazilian music and dance performances – can be found at the University of Richmond. The University of Richmond will also host the annual Spider spring game, as well as the inaugural Spiders Easter Egg Hunt. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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'Muppets Most Wanted' worthy of its franchise
Do Muppets sleep? It's hard to say.
They don't really eat (or breathe, as far as anyone can tell). And only occasionally do they have visible, functioning legs.
As far as anyone knows, sleeping might be off the table. And that makes it very hard to accuse the Muppets of sleepwalking through their latest feature, Muppets Most Wanted – even if that's exactly what's going on.
Jim Henson's beloved creations were back in a big way after 2011's The Muppets, with fame and fortune and even an Oscar, a first for the group ("Rainbow Connection" was nominated, yet somehow failed to collect at the '79 ceremony). > Read more.
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The Placer County Board of Supervisors today dealt with two items related to the County's alternative sentencing programs. The first was a report on the programs from Chief Probation Officer Stephen G. Pecor. In the second item, the Board approved a cooperative agreement for electronic monitoring equipment used in the programs.
The Placer County Probation Department has used electronic monitoring as part of its alternative sentencing programs for 20 years. The programs allow carefully screened offenders to remain in their community under the supervision of probation. They are only allowed to leave their homes for work, school, court ordered counseling, medical appointments or church. The G.P.S electronic monitoring equipment tracks their activities 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and controls where they must be at certain times as well as restricting areas they cannot be in. All offenders are subject to search and seizure, alcohol and drug testing, payment of fines, fees and victim restitution, program fees and must abide by all other terms and conditions ordered by the court.
The alternative sentencing programs promote public safety by holding offenders accountable for their actions and ensure that court ordered sentences are served. These programs increase the availability of jail beds so that there is capacity to house more serious or problematic offenders. Additionally, there is more capacity at the jail to house offenders who violate program rules.
The agreement approved by the Supervisors is for remote satellite tracking and monitoring for low - to medium - risk offenders. Through the programs, offenders wear an electronic device (usually on their ankle) that cannot be removed. Any attempt to remove the device results in a "tamper" message and the Probation Officer investigates. Offenders are responsible for any damaged equipment and are charged with vandalism or escape if they cut off or remove the device. In addition to participation on the electronic monitoring program, State legislation allows for the use of this technology as a supervision tool to keep track of high-risk sex offenders.
The cost of the electronic monitoring programs will be $440,000 for the entire year, same as in previous years. However, this amount also includes the first-time lease of in-home alcohol detection technology. This will enable the probation officer to observe the offender through video technology using the alcohol breath analyzer, and the results will be received instantaneously. That figure is far less than if the offenders were incarcerated in the Placer County Jail. Alternative sentencing is being used more frequently by Placer and other counties for lower level offenders. Offender paid program fees offset the cost of the program.
Pecor was recently named the Chief Probation Officer of the year by the California Chief Probation Officer Association. The innovative use of alternative sentencing programs was a contributing factor in this selection. Due to the success of these programs, Placer County, unlike most counties, is no longer forced to release large numbers of inmates prior to the completion of their sentences.
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JFK and Castro
The Secret Quest For Accommodation Recently Declassified U.S. government Documents Reveal That, at the Height of the Cold War, John F. Kennedy and Fidel Castro Were Exploring Ways To Normalize U.S.-Cuba Relations
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In February 1996, Robert Kennedy Jr. and his brother, Michael, traveled to Havana to meet with Fidel Castro. As a gesture of goodwill, they brought a file of formerly top secret U.S. documents on the Kennedy administration's covert exploration of an accommodation with Cuba--a record of what might have been had not Lee Harvey Oswald, seemingly believing the president to be an implacable foe of Castro's Cuba, fired his fateful shots in Dallas. Castro thanked them for the file and shared his "impression that it was [President Kennedy's] intention after the missile crisis to change the framework" of relations between the United States and Cuba. "It's unfortunate," said Castro, that "things happened as they did, and he could not do what he wanted to do."
Would John F. Kennedy, had he lived, have been able to establish a modus vivendi with Fidel Castro? The question haunts almost 40 years of acrimonious U.S.-Cuba relations. In a Top Secret--Eyes Only memorandum written three days after the president's death, one of his White House aides, Gordon Chase, noted that "President Kennedy could have accommodated with Castro and gotten away with it with a minimum of domestic heat"--because of his track record "of being successfully nasty to Castro and the Communists" during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Castro and his advisers believed the same. A CIA intelligence report, based on a high-level Cuban source and written for National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy in 1964, noted that "Fidel Castro felt that it was possible that President Kennedy would have gone on ultimately to negotiate with Cuba...[as an] acceptance of a fait accompli for practical reasons."
The file on the Kennedy administration's "Cuban contacts" that Robert Jr. and Michael took to Cuba (declassified at the request of the author) sheds significant light on a story that has never been fully told--John Kennedy's secret pursuit of a rapprochement with Fidel Castro. Along with papers recently released pursuant to the Kennedy Assassination Records Act of 1992, the documents reveal the escalating efforts toward negotiations in 1963 that, if successful, might have changed the ensuing decades of perpetual hostility between Washington and Havana. Given the continuing state of tension with Castro's regime, this history carries an immediate relevance for present policy makers. Indeed, with the Clinton administration buffeted between increasingly vocal critics of U.S. policy toward Cuba and powerful proponents of the status quo, reconstructing the hitherto secret record of Kennedy's efforts in the fall of 1963 to advance "the rapprochement track" with Castro is more relevant than ever.
John F. Kennedy would seem the most unlikely of presidents to seek an accommodation with Fidel Castro. His tragically abbreviated administration bore responsibility for some of the most infamous U.S. efforts to roll back the Cuban revolution: the Bay of Pigs invasion, the trade embargo, Operation Mongoose (a U.S. plan to destabilize the Castro government) and a series of CIA-Mafia assassination attempts against the Cuban leader. Castro's demise, Seymour M. Hersh argues in his book, The Dark Side of Camelot, "became a presidential obsession" until the end. "The top priority in the United States government--all else is secondary--no time, money, effort, or manpower is to be spared" is to find a "solution" to the Cuba problem, Attorney General Robert Kennedy told a high-level group of CIA and Pentagon officials in early 1962. The president's opinion, according to CIA minutes of the meeting, was that "the final chapter [on Cuba] has not been written."
Unbeknownst to all but his brother and a handful of advisers, however, in 1963 John Kennedy began pursuing an alternative script on Cuba: a secret dialogue toward an actual rapprochement with Castro. To a policy built upon "overt and covert nastiness," as Top Secret White House memoranda characterized U.S. operations against Cuba, was added "the sweet approach," meaning the possibility of "quietly enticing Castro over to us." National Security Council officials referred to this multitrack policy as "simil-opting"--the use of disparate methods toward the goal of moving Cuba out of the Soviet orbit.
By April 1963, alongside proposals for covert sabotage, diplomatic pressure and military contingency plans, "gradual development of some form of accommodation with Castro" was listed in high-level NSC option papers. In a memorandum on "The Cuban Problem," Kennedy adviser McGeorge Bundy provided the rationale for this type of initiative: There is always the possibility that Castro or others currently high in the regime might find advantage in a gradual shift away from their present level of dependence on Moscow. In strictly economic terms, both the United States and Cuba have much to gain from reestablishment of relations. A Titoist Castro is not inconceivable, and a full diplomatic revolution would not be the most extraordinary event in the 20th century.
For the Kennedy White House, there was nothing incongruous about such a policy turnaround, Bundy explained in an interview shortly before his death, in 1996. "We wanted to make a reality check on what could or could not be done with Castro," he said. President Kennedy, according to Bundy, "clearly thought this was an exploration worth making because it might lead to something." Kennedy was "strong enough to explore it in a politically nondangerous way."
Then, as now, the dangers of domestic politics mitigated against any open effort at a dialogue. With the president already thinking ahead to the 1964 elections, the key problem, Bundy recalls, was "finding a way to do it" that was secure and reliable. "We didn't have a department of peaceful tricks," he noted cryptically. By mid-1963, the Kennedy White House was waiting for what Bundy referred to as "a target of opportunity" to talk to Fidel.
It is a historical irony that the opportunity to communicate with Castro arose from the two most hostile episodes in U.S.-Cuba relations: the CIA-directed invasion at the Bay of Pigs and the missile crisis. Negotiations for the ransomed return of 1,200 Bay of Pigs prisoners provided the contacts and confidences under which the first messages could be passed; and the Kremlin's unilateral decision to withdraw its nuclear missiles appeared to provoke a Cuban-Soviet breach that the United States could exploit.
Castro's anger at Khrushchev for failing to consult him on the end of the missile crisis caught the attention of U.S. policy makers. An intelligence report on "Future Relations with Castro" prepared by the State Department in June 1963 noted that the "Soviet refusal to run the quarantine and its acquiescence in withdrawing the missiles shook the foundation of Cuban foreign policy." Since the missile crisis, the report stated:
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firstname.lastname@example.com — October 23, 2013 5:03pm ET
Even though it's from 1999, this is an excellent, timeless article which I just came upon today. It's too bad this extremely important bit of JFK history is not more widely know. It needs to be published by the MSM! Thank you Mr Kornbluh!
David Savona — October 24, 2013 11:49am ET
I'm glad you enjoyed this article by Peter Kornbluh. He has returned to the pages of Cigar Aficionado with an intriguing piece on the JFK Assassination. The story is in our December issue, which is heading to newsstands soon.
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But once you have it, you'll never want to go without. The AE headphones feature a three-button remote for track and volume control of your Apple® devices. Skipping songs and turning it up are easier than ever, even when your iPhone® is in your pocket. And the remote's built-in microphone gives you the freedom of hands-free phone conversations. Plug these elegant headphones into your iPhone and you're ready for great-sounding music and clear calls everywhere you go. See more info on this item Highlights:aluminum housings for durability and superior acoustic damping3-button in-line remote for use with iPod®, iPhone and iPad®built-in microphone for taking calls on an iPhone4-foot tangle-resistant cable3 pairs of silicone and 1 pair of foam ear tips to ensure comfortable fit and proper noise isolationstorage casefrequency response: 16-20,000 Hzwarranty: 1 yearOur 60-day money-back guarantee Hands-on research from the Crutchfield Labs (what are the Labs?) Features and specs chart | What's in the box? | In-depth notes Features and Specs General Fit Style Loading... In-ear Earcup Type Loading... Closed Noise-canceling Loading... No Bluetooth Loading... No Frequency Response Loading... 16-20k Hz Sensitivity Loading... Not Given Impedance Loading... Not Given Weight Loading... 0.7 ounces Cord Length Loading... 48" Airline Adapter Included Loading... No iPod Control Loading... Yes Volume Control Loading... Yes Built-in Microphone Loading... Yes Parts Warranty Loading... 1 Year Labor Warranty Loading... 1 Year Product Research What's in the box? Download owner's manual In-ear headphones with attached 48" cable and in-line remote/microphone (3.5mm plug) Pair of medium silicone ear tips (installed) Pair of large silicone ear tips Pair of small silicone ear tips Pair of Comply Foam ear tips Storage box Warranty card Comply Foam Tips info sheet Attention! sheet FCC compliance sheet Environmental statement Our Product Research Team At Crutchfield, you'll get detailed, accurate information that's hard to find elsewhere. That's because we have our own in-house Product Research team — they open the box, verify contents, check the owner's manual, and record dimensions, features and specs. We stay on top of new products and technologies to help people make informed choices. Features Overview: The Harman Kardon AE (acoustically enhanced) in-ear headphones feature premium 9mm drivers in an aluminum-alloy housing to deliver high quality sound with extended bass response. Three pairs of silicone ear tips and a pair of Comply Foam ear tips are included, so you'll be able to get the best fit. The 4' cable has an in-line remote/microphone that is compatible with iPod, iPhone, and iPad. The headphones can be stored in the supplied hard case. Cable: The attached heavy duty cable is terminated with a durable straight 3.5mm plug. Its elastomer coating helps keep the cable from getting tangled. The in-line remote/microphone is positioned only 6" from the right ear bud, making it easy to find, and making sure your voice is heard clearly by your caller. Remote/Microphone: The 3-button remote/microphone allows you to raise and lower the volume with the outer buttons, while the center button can control your phone calls or music. The remote control is "Made for iPod, iPhone, and iPad", which means that it is certified to meet Apple performance standards. During music playback and phone calls, the control function is determined by the number of center button presses: One Press: Pause/Play; Answer/Hang Up Two Presses: Skip to next track Three Presses: Skip to previous track Press and Hold: "Voice Over" feature (such as the iPhone's Siri), if available Product reviews from the Crutchfield Labs (what are the Labs?) Video: Harman Kardon 2013 Headphones Video: Harman Kardon 2013 Headphones by Zak Billmeier 3/20/2013 Harman Kardon's 2013 headphone line is perfect for anyone who wants great sound on the go. They've got in-ear, on-ear, and around-the-ear models to suit your needs, and all models come with a useful... Be the first to review this product Submit a review and you will be entered to win a $150 gift card Crutchfield Great Gear Giveaway Official Sweepstakes Rules Review this product: Thanks for taking the time to share your experiences about this product. Please be sure to focus your comments on the product itself. 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The air coming out of the vent should at least 10º and probably closer to 20º cooler than the air at the return vent. Dirty filters, dirty coils, indoors and out, and duct leaks in the attic, if you have such, are all candidates.
We just purchased a home that has a Carrier Infinity system. We were in the house yesterday and the thermostat read 80 degrees, although it did not feel quite that warm in the house. I manually set the temp to 74 degrees and even though I could hear the fan running and air blowing, the house did not cool off significantly several hours later. I stuck a dial thermometer in the air vent and it read 72 degrees. Should the temp of the conditioned air been lower? I realize that there are many variables and that no one can give me a definitive answer, but I just wanted to ask what things I can check out before calling an HVAC tech. I do know that I have to change the filter (during the inspection, the inspector told me that, but he was unable to test the ac system because the outdoor temp was low at the time). All other systems in the house have clearly been well maintained and the sellers said that the ac system was working properly last summer.
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The air coming out of the vent should at least 10º and probably closer to 20º cooler than the air at the return vent. Dirty filters, dirty coils, indoors and out, and duct leaks in the attic, if you have such, are all candidates.
If it still has trouble after the filter is changed, then there is a fair chance that it is low on refrigerant. I lived in a house for 12 years that required a refrigerant top off once/year.
When you said that fan was running and air blowing, did you also verify that the compressor and condenser fan outside were running as well? Sometimes these do not come on when they should. (It sounds like yours did because of the temp difference.) I've had trouble with relays/contactors before in 2-different homes and they were replaced...and in a third home I had to bang on the AC's electrical box a bit to get things running--had some mud dauber issues apparently.
One other thing worth checking: new batteries in the thermostat can sometimes work wonders. I've had older thermostats act really funny when the batteries were low and they had no low battery indicator. Either the system (heat or cool) would run all the time, or not at all.
[QUOTE=Runs with bison;308779........ required a refrigerant top off once/year.
refrigerant "top off" is neither legal, reasonable, or smart. If a system is losing that much refrigerant, there is a leak somewhere which can be found and fixed. Certainly after visual inspecitons of filters, coils, etc, a tecnician should get a set of gauges on there to see what's up.
Rules have gotten stricter on this (and I'm all for that) but as I recall even 8 years ago it could still be charged as long as it wasn't exceeding some annual threshhold.
Thanks for the responses. I changed the filter and the ac performance appears unchanged. The compressor fan outside was indeed turning on. Neither of the two metal lines coming out of the compressor felt cold to the touch. Would that point to a low refrigerant level? I will be calling an HVAC tech to take a look and of course I do not want to get hosed.
I would recommend that you talk to a couple of HVAC contractors before pulling the trigger on a servicing / repair decision. You can use Service Magic or Quality Smith to find pre-qualified contractors and get free estimates. Some folks will give you a good deal of free information. Given your description of the problem and my experience with Carrier Infinity systems, I would strongly consider the possibility that you have a refrigerant leak. Their evaporator coils have been known to have leaks. In that case, simply adding more refrigerant would not solve the issue.
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Thanks for the input. Fortunately, the HVAC company we called (who the previous owners of the house used) wound up being a stand-up operation. The technician found a loose duct in the attic (turns out the contractor who laid insulation up there accidentally disconnected a duct) and didn't even recommend further work unless we continued to have problems. After the duct was reconnected, we realized that there still was not enough of a temperature differential between the vent and return temps. A tech came out today and did a dye test (he offered to either top up the system -- I know, I know, this is not recommended --- or do the leak test) and added some refrigerant. It's blowing colder now and hopefully we'll soon know if there's a leak. The good news is that we learned that our system has a 10 year warranty, with 5 years remaining (on parts).


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However, his demeanor made sure he went home sooner than he might have, if he had acted as though he wanted to work/succeed.
I like Hee-jun and he's come very far. But this is how far he's gonna go.
I enjoy his smooth voice when he sings ballad and when he hits the perfect note but he doesnt have the range and the versatility to endure week after week.
The vibe or the attitude that he doesnt want to be there I didnt get in fact I saw somebody trying so hard to be Mr. Nice Guy. Goodluck to him.
If judging on singing voice I thought Deandre should have gone before Hee-Jun but in the long run it doesn't make that much difference because neither have a "radio voice" IMO. I'd put Joshua with those 2 also but all the others, I think a record producer could do something with. Seven real talents isn't bad. It reminds me of season 5 where many of them got record deals & had some success.
Cats have a way of finding the people who need them...filling an emptiness they don't even know they have.
Idology from last week's episodes.
at the description of Holly's performance.
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on 07-03-2011 06:36 PM
There definitely should be a downgrade option via the Internet. I have tried to downgrade my package in the past and you are on the phone in a queue for ages plus they try to talk you out of it or make it difficult for you to down grade a click of a button is less stress.
on 08-03-2011 11:12 AM
I totally agree. I think it is a deliberate ploy by sky to put you off downgrading. They want to make it as difficult as possible to put you off. They even make it difficult for you to find their phone number! They also have a cheek to charge you for calling them. Sky talk customers should have free calls to their call centre!
on 08-03-2011 01:57 PM
I cancelled my Sky. I phoned and said I no longer neede Sky as I was away for while. Easy peasy, no hard sell from the customer service advisor. Fantastic
on 08-03-2011 08:28 PM
Dear happycustomer
Your experience of the call centre person doing what you asked without any fuss isn't "fantastic", it's what should happen every time a customer calls.
What I'm suggesting is that along with a fantastic phone service Sky should also have a fantastic online service and allow customers to control their accounts online. Customers can add packages online, they should also be able to remove them.
It's a reasonable request to what is, after all, a communications company. I've also had good service from the phone staff but I also want to be able to use the website to control my account.
on 09-03-2011 01:41 PM
Hi Liz+t, Sky Talk calls to our contact centres have been free for a while during the packages inclusive minutes. From the 1st of March we made all Sky Talk calls to our contact centres free.
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on 10-03-2011 08:32 PM
I have spent 15 minutes holding on the telephone when would have been much simpler and quicker to be able to downgrade packages online.
on 10-03-2011 08:39 PM
It's typical of Sky that they make it hard to cancel, but easy to upgrade, one reason I'm leaving them and going to Freesat.
on 13-03-2011 11:51 AM
I agree there should be a provision to downgrade on the web.
However, I have just phoned the contact centre and downgraded my contract.
from start to finish and no real questions asked why i wanted to downgrade it took 8 mins and 46 seconds. It was on a Sunday morning too.
You have to give 31 days notice which is frustrating but at least i know in the future the bills will be less.
Good luck to all.
on 13-03-2011 09:26 PM
Hello, can you tell me if its possible to cancel the sky tv package but just keep the broadband and telephone service ?
on 13-03-2011 10:24 PM
I believe it is possible but don't quote me on it, however you might find you pay more for your broadband and talk services as tv customers get a discount on these services, I think.
on 15-03-2011 06:31 PM
I hate sky for not having an option for cancellation online. I tried to call them and i had to be on the phone for 23 minutes. I wanted to downgrade it, finally i decided to cancel it altogether because of the time i had to spend on the phone. thanks.
on 15-03-2011 07:37 PM
Why is cancellation avoidance legal. Why are companies like sky so reluctant to face up to the fact that people may want to leave. We pay them thousands and are greeted with ignorance when our situation changes. It seems that the power does not lay with the customer. I detest this treatment after we pay them thousands of pounds for an overrated overpriced service.
on 16-03-2011 11:49 AM
This is one of the reasons I am closing my account , they will take your money , but when I lost my job and could not afford the £50 per month , as I was under contract they wanted the full payments ,
on 16-03-2011 02:57 PM
Today has been a nightmare trying to cancel my telephone and sky package!!! I was kept waiting trying to contact the cancellations team for close on an hour....in this this time I talked to on line chat to no avail!! So I sent emails which I hope will be looked at. In my desperation I called back once again to have another go at cancelling through customer service, who after conversation got me through to the cancellations team within minutes to cancel...will not be returning to sky for the re seeable future....hope no one has to go through this bad service
on 16-03-2011 09:59 PM
Ahhh, it seems I am not alone with the DISMAL, so called "customer service". I am currently overseas and trying to cancel with Sky but being left hanging on the phone for seriously long periods of time I have given up before they bankrupt me! I have emailed, used the online chat thing, etc etc etc and to no avail. Quite frankly I'm bored of trying to cancel so have instructed my bank not to pay any monies to Sky. They call it an online service!! What is online about NOT being able to cancel other than by phone. They need to get real!


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Just over halfway through any given year's Formula 1 season means just one thing: it is the start of "Silly Season," the time during which rumors of driver team changes and contract negotiations fly through the air like so much pollen. For the last few years, though, the mid-season has also been marked by a new annual event: the newest release in Codemaster's F1 201* series of Formula 1 simulations. Note that I use the word "simulation" advisedly; early iterations in the series could more aptly have been described as "games," but arguably Codemasters has earned a qualified entry into the realm of simulations with F1 2012.
I suppose I should elaborate on that statement as I can hear the howls of protest from the iRacing set from here. There has always been, and always will be, a gray area sitting between obvious arcade-style games on one end of the spectrum and very high-fidelity simulations on the other. Codemaster's F1 series has always lived in that gray area to some degree, but has incrementally moved from leaning-arcade to leaning-simulation over the history of its annual releases. To cut to the chase, while there are still many aspects that are arcade-ish in that they simplify things for the player, there are others where the F1 series actually does more to provide a feel for the entirety of the F1 racing experience than the most sophisticated driving simulator.
Digging deeper, I must now expound on that statement as well. It is important to know that the full Formula 1 experience is far more than simply a collection of races. As with many top-tier sports, Formula 1 is more of a lifestyle than it is a racing series. There are team rivalries, there are driver rivalries, there are constant accusations of cheating, there is constant cheating, there are protests and penalties that can make or break an entire season, and there is a lot, a WHOLE lot, of money at stake. Not everyone will agree, but I believe that a true simulation of the Formula 1 experience has to include at least some of those facets. This too is an area where Codemasters has consistently improved through the years.
But here's the thing: Formula 1 is complicated. Again risking howls of protest, I contend that there is far more complexity in both technology and driving strategy/tactics in Formula 1 than can be found in any other racing series. Getting the car setup and race strategy right is far more difficult than in Nascar, for example, and arguably far more critical. I will stifle any objections to that claim with one simple word: rain. F1 races in the rain; Nascar does not. I could also quite easily add "tire management" to that argument. Most racing series require a driver to manage tire wear, but other than IndyCar, there are few notable examples where teams have to manage the use of disparate tire compounds during the race weekend. On the technology side, F1 has additional complexities in the form of the KERS (basically a 7-second boost afforded by a big battery and electric motor-generator) and DRS (a method by which the driver, under certain conditions, can remove the majority of wing-provided downforce from the car) which will drastically affect the competitiveness of the car.
I will flesh out that contention later, but for now I need to discuss the question of approachability.
Because of the complex nature of Formula 1 racing, the F1 series of games has been somewhat daunting to players that aren't familiar with the technical aspects of the real-world equivalent. With F1 2012, Codemasters takes a stab at trying something along the lines of a Call of Duty tutorial called the Young Driver Test. In other words, first-time players are pushed into a tutorial that doesn't seem like it's a tutorial. It's not all that unrealistic, of course: it's hard to imagine an F1 team that would put an untested driver in a multi-million dollar car and say, "Here ya go, have a good race!" That said, Codemasters had to walk a fine line between getting a new player up to speed (so to speak) without insulting the intelligence of, or boring to tears, veteran drivers. The results of the test are graded, and while you can quit at any time and go right into picking a team to start your career with, finishing the test/tutorial with good results will broaden the number and quality of teams from which to choose. All in all, I thought the driver test was cleverly thought out and well implemented.
Once through the driver testing/training and team selection, F1 2012 offers the same Career mode as in previous versions, but new for 2012 are a couple of other ways to race. First, and in this writer's opinion the better of the two, is Champions Mode. There are six past season champions currently racing in 2012 and Champions Mode pits (heh!) you against each of them in different racing scenarios. The first of these challenges places the player in a Lotus car with fresh tires, three laps from the end of the race. The other Lotus driver, Kimi Raikkonen, is a few positions ahead in 7th place, but is struggling for grip with worn tires. The challenge is to catch and pass Kimi before the end of the race. There are different scenarios for each of the six champions.
The Kimi challenge was a where I found a perfect example of the strategic and tactical complexity of F1. I caught up with him early in the final lap. At one point, I could have passed him but decided not to at that moment. The reason was that we were just about to the point on the track where the determination of whether or not I would be allowed to use my DRS system was coming up. Had I passed him prior to that spot, he would have benefited from the ability to gain a speed advantage over me and surely would have passed me at the end of the long straight. From there on it would have been very difficult to get back around him. Instead, I held back long enough to allow him to be in the lead at the DRS detection point and thus was able to keep the DRS advantage for myself. While this is an example of a tactical measure, in this scenario Kimi himself fell prey to a strategic blunder - staying too long on a set of tires ended up costing him the loss of position to what will always be every driver's number one rival: his teammate.
Since I'm already on the subject of the complexity of tire management, I will interject an example of another enhancement in F1 2012. This year, rain is more accurately modeled. By that I mean that it does not automatically start raining at the same time all the way around the track. It is not uncommon at some of the longer tracks to have a veritable downpour at one part of the track and clear, dry track at another. Obviously, this makes the decision regarding when (or if) to go to intermediate or full-wet rain tires quite critical. In fact, the second champion challenge presents you with exactly this scenario. You are three laps from the end of the race, and it's looking like it will soon rain. You have opted to tough it out and try to finish the race on slicks, while Lewis Hamilton, currently running fourteen seconds behind you, has put on rain tires. Your challenge is to keep him from passing you by the end of the race. As the rain falls harder and harder, this becomes increasingly difficult. Note that these are canned scenarios, but the very same things can happen in actual races when you will have to make these decisions for yourself. And it's not like you can pull over while you noodle it - you still have to drive the car!
Another mode is Season Challenge. This mode creates something of a "mini-Season" with ten races of five laps each. As the season progresses, you select another driver as your rival. Beat that driver in 2 out of 3 races and you can immediately shift into his team. This is a quick way to move from slower to faster teams, and it does offer up a goal other than winning the races, but for some reason it didn't really appeal to me.
That said, this mode is appealing for someone with a little free time that is looking to squeeze in more than a single weekend race but not willing to commit to the length of a complete racing season. This mode, just like Champions Mode, is not for the newcomer. In Season Challenge mode, there are no practice laps and only a single lap of qualifying - to succeed in this type of race, it is essential that the driver already know the track and the strengths/weaknesses of the chosen car. Five laps does not allow a lot of time for setting up passes, either, so the racing might get a little rougher and most of the strategy and tactical awareness that is at the heart of F1 racing is cast aside.
Which brings up the topic of car damage and driving penalties. The Codemasters F1 series has always been pretty forgiving when it comes to car contact with other racers and/or fixed assets on the track which in turn supported a more aggressive racing style. The damage model does not seem to have changed appreciably, but it does seem much easier to get awarded a driving penalty from the race stewards this time around. This is definitely a nod to realism (in Formula 1, both the cars and the driver's egos are notoriously brittle), but it will vastly increase the difficulty level for newer drivers. That said, the penalties are often applied post-race, so they really only matter when racing in a career/season mode.
Part of the reason that I did not find myself testing the damage limits of my car in head-to-head battles with walls and other staunchly immobile objects may be down to the improvements in the driving physics and controllability of the cars. This might just be me getting better (odds are against that), but I didn't seem as prone to over-controlling the car and getting into the pattern of Driver Induced Oscillations that have so plagued me in the past. Additionally, the cars didn't seem to spin quite as easily. That isn't to say that they won't; rather, it seemed that there was a bit more physical grip in the tires and that I could sometimes "save" a spin in the way that you would expect. An interesting experiment I performed was opening the DRS wing while in a high speed turn to see what would happen. As expected, in most cases that caused an immediate spin as all of the downforce came off of the back tires, but in more gentle turns I got more of a controllable tire slide, replete with skidding sounds and smoke coming from the tires. This improved drivability went a long way towards addressing one of the earlier weaknesses of the F! games. Notably, though, the 1:53 lap that I used to be able to get at Spa was no longer attainable; I could do no better than 1:55's. Perhaps it was the new model placing more emphasis on smooth handling of the car, or maybe it was that I'm a year older and slower. In any event, it felt better.
The challenge with annual releases of games like this is to justify the $50 outlay with more than just updated team rosters. For the third year in a row, Codemasters has met that challenge with front-to-back, top-to-bottom improvements throughout the entire game. Better driving physics, more hand-holding for new players struggling to come to grips with a complex racing series, and more options for game play have upped the bar to a degree that warrants picking up F2012 even if you have 2010 and 2011 already on the shelf.
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The steady pace of improvements in the Codemaster's F1 series continues in 2012. The improved driving model, the introduction of a tutorial, and a couple of new racing modes makes this one worth picking up.
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